All surreptitious synonyms
sur·rep·ti·tious
S s noun surreptitious
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- clandestineness — The state or quality of being clandestine.
- furtiveness — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- covertness — concealed; secret; disguised.
adjective surreptitious
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- isolation — an act or instance of isolating.
- confidence — If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
- cloaked — Wearing a cloak.
- opiate — a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- hush — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
adj surreptitious
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- devious — If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- hole-and-corner — secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue.
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- hush-hush — highly secret or confidential: a hush-hush political investigation.
- hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- husher — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- furtive — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- incog — Incognito.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- hugger-mugger — disorder or confusion; muddle.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- insidious — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.